DAVAO City--Now is the “best time” for investors to put their money in the Philippines, especially in Mindanao, as the country heads for a one-of-a-kind political and economic watershed under…
The National Government (NG)'s outstanding debt hit P5,948 billion at the end of this year's first semester, according to the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr). In a report to Finance…
The Duterte administration will replicate the successful Sulong Pilipinas consultative conference held in Davao City last June to further broaden multisectoral support for its 10-point socioeconomic agenda designed to sustain…
The Department of Finance (DOF) and the newly formed Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) have teamed up to develop the government’s automated business and citizen registry systems that…
The Department of Finance (DOF) and other line departments in lieu of line agencies are fleshing out President Duterte’s “marching orders” in his first State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA) on two areas—tax…
Secretary Carlos Dominguez III of the Department of Finance (DOF) cited today the crucial role played by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) under a new administration that has pledged…
The rate of increase in consumer prices likely steadied last month as the slowdown in food and education costs would offset the general rise in prices of other widely used…
The national government’s budget balance swung back to a deficit in the first semester of the year, with public spending expanding by double digits from a year ago, data from…
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez today said the “wide gamut” of political and economic initiatives outlined by President Duterte in his first-ever State of the Nation Address (SONA) will let the…
BOC pushes public auction of sunken Panamanian ship The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has recommended the sale through public auction of a sunken cargo ship seized by the agency seven…
